 I was resolved not to be pleased, and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw...  The Quarterly Review - Σελίδα 513επεξεργασία από - 1854Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 416 σελίδες
...the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible '." He upon one occasion experienced, in an extraordinary degree, the efficacy of his powers of entertaining.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 576 σελίδες
...the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, Sir, he was irresistible.* He upon one occasion experienced, in an extraordinary degree, the efficacy of his powers of entertaining.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 822 σελίδες
...Foote, was at Fitzherbsrt's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased ; md it is very difficult to please a man against his will....myself back in my chair, and fairly laugh it out. Sir, he was irresistible.' FOOT-HALT, a disorder incident to sheep. It takes its source from an insect,... | |
 | Samuel Foote - 1830 - 426 σελίδες
...first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased ; and it is very...myself back in my chair, and fairly laugh it out. Sir, he was irresistible." This is " colossal" language, truly ; and Foote's wit must have been strong... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 586 σελίδες
...the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible l. He upon one occasion experienced, in an extraordinary degree, the efficacy of his powers of entertaining.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 690 σελίδες
...the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible '. He upon one occasion experienced, in an extraordinary degree, the efficacy of his powers of entertaining.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1832 - 846 σελίδες
...company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to DC pleased ; and it is very difficult to please a man...throw myself back in my chair, and fairly laugh it out Sir, he was irresistible.' On another occasion he thus contrasts him with Garrick : ' Garrick, sir,... | |
 | 1844 - 702 σελίδες
...dog was so very ' comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, ' throw myself back on my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, ' sir, he was irresistible.' It was said to be impossible to take Foote unawares, or put him out. As he was telling a story at a... | |
 | LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS - 1844 - 652 σελίδες
...the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back on my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible.' It was said to be impossible to take Foote unawares, or put him out. As he was telling a story at a... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1848 - 530 σελίδες
...will. I went on eating my dinner, pretty sullenly affecting not to mind him, but the dog was so tety comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and...myself back in my chair, and fairly laugh it out. Sir, he was irresistible." His dramas are twenty in number, mostly built on temporary topics, and full... | |
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